This site is an effort by county, state, tribal, and federal agencies to coordinate and aggregate information for Idaho communities affected by wildfire smoke. The information is posted here by the agencies themselves.

Idaho Smoke Map

Idaho Smoke Map Legend

**(Preliminary Data Warning: Data found on the map shown below is preliminary and is subject to change. Data is in local standard time format - no adjustment for daylight savings time. The map is not able to display the temporary monitors. Check the AIR QUALITY NOW tab below for links for these monitors.

Your eyes are your best tools to determine if it’s safe to
be outside. Even if you smell smoke, the air quality may still be good.

Visibility Range
(in miles)

Health Category

11+

Good

6-10

Moderate

3-5

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

1.5-2.75

Unhealthy

1-1.25

Very Unhealthy

Less than 1

Hazardous

Wildfire smoke persist through the weekend
throughout Idaho. Northern and central Idaho will likely continue to be hit
hardest with poor air quality conditions. Some improvements possible in southcentral
and southeast Idaho. Fires in Montana, Oregon, and British Columbia remain active
and contributing to poor air quality conditions.

4 comments:

The smoke conditions in the Lost River Valley of Idaho are in the range of Unhealthy and Very Unhealthy depending on the time of day and wind direction. Since we don't have air quality monitoring equipment in this area I pay close attention to the visibility between my home and known distance landmarks. Four or Five years ago the visibility to a landmark 1/4 mile away was greatly diminished placing the air quality in the valley in the Hazardous range. I appreciate your website as it helps me monitor level of risk in our area which I then communicate back to our workforce in hopes of protecting their health and safety.

Thank you for sharing your observations and helping get the word out about the conditions in your area. The visibility chart is easy to use and provides instant information to help make decisions for protecting your health as well as others. Its good to hear that it is helping.

Check out our map but be cautious when deciding. Unfortunately while there may be some areas of clearing now the low level winds just tend to push all the smoke around and just change the areas of the biggest buildup for now.

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